Clay Travis: Vandy has as many bowl wins in past 2 seasons as UT had in the past 12.

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I'll be glad whenever the days of laughing at Vandy are back. Hope all the Vandy fans are enjoying it while they can!
 
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madbamahater said:
Didn't I say they were "okay" and "much improved? You obviously didn't read my post. Take Matthews off the Vandie team and they have 3/4 wins. Maybe. This awesomely great ****ing team you call Vandie coached by ****ing Vince Lombardi scrapped together a last minute drive to beat a ****ty Vols team. UT beat themselves in the Vandie game and blew at least 4 chances in the 4th quarter to put them away. Not because Vandie forced it, but because the Vols didn't execute and/or horrible penalties. This Vandie team had a MUCH lighter schedule than the Vols. MUCH. Get off Vandie's nuts dude.....
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Vandy's 9 victories came against teams with a combined win total of 35 games (average of less than 4 wins per victory). UT had 5 wins against teams with a combined total of 27 (average more than 5 wins per victory). Franklin has yet to beat a team who has won more than 8 games in a season. In fact, of Vandy's 9 wins this year, only 2 came against teams with winning records (22% of their wins).

UT had victories against 3 teams with winning records (60%), 2 of those had 8 or more wins, one had 11 wins.

To say that Franklin has a much easier row to hoe is an understatement regardless of the 4 point head to head loss.

Franklin is the second largest over-performing coach in the SEC, and that has gotten him attention. He needs to cash in before his stock falls. I see no way he can ever achieve victories over UGA, FL, and UT in a single season again.

Great scheduling and luck can go a long way to making a coach look better than they are.

EDIT: Need to correct a mistake. USA went 6-6. That isn't a winning record. Technically I should say that UT beat 3 teams with a .500 record or greater, two who won 8 or more games, and one who won 11. Conversely, Vandy's wins came against teams with 0, 2, 2, 8, 4, 2, 5, 4, and 8 wins. So, only 2 of Vandy's 9 victories came against teams with a better than .500 record.
 
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volfan_89 said:
Who gives a crap about what Clay Travis says? He does this stuff to try to get a reaction from fans.

He is a Paul Finebaum copy cat. His radio show can be entertaining but it's value to real sports talk is horrible.
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Who gives a crap about Vandy? I know I don't...
 
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daj2576 said:
Vandy's 9 victories came against teams with a combined win total of 34 games (average of less than 4 wins per victory). UT had 5 wins against teams with a combined total of 27 (average more than 5 wins per victory). Franklin has yet to beat a team who has won more than 8 games in a season. In fact, of Vandy's 9 wins this year, only 2 came against teams with winning records (22% of their wins).

UT had victories against 3 teams with winning records (60%), 2 of those had 8 or more wins, one had 11 wins.

To say that Franklin has a much easier row to hoe is an understatement regardless of the 4 point head to head loss.

Franklin is the second largest over-performing coach in the SEC, and that has gotten him attention. He needs to cash in before his stock falls. I see no way he can ever achieve victories over UGA, FL, and UT in a single season again.

Great scheduling and luck can go a long way to making a coach look better than they are.
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We all DO NOT dispute that Vandie is playing MUCH better MOSTLY because Vandie ISN'T making the typical Vandie mistakes. You know.....the whole ball finally bouncing their way kinda deal.... They make field goals they used to miss. They don't fumble games away like they used to routinely. So, luck is having a lot to do with this. However, they are competing and believing in themselves. Franklin SHOULD be credited for his part in that. I wouldn't go calling Vandie a good team or anything. UT sucks and Vandie SHOULD have lost to the Vols. In fact, they struggled big time in Knoxville. But again, luck was on their side and not the Vols that night.

My point is Clay Travis doesn't see these variables at all. Nor does he care. I don't believe he is that dumb. He tries to make his living being a **** head. It's working now. But he will have to find a new niche in the next few years. It used to be funny but now it is just like a little teenage girl. Maybe because he doesn't get to boss anyone around at home, he comes to work to do it. I've had employers do the same. he is a passive aggressive little kid...
 
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reaction is all clay wants.

but as for vandy, sure thats a good record..theres 2 good wins in that whole total. its funny, beat crap teams and ppl think your awesome. get hammered by every top 10 team and everyone thinks you suck. another reason why we should not be playin OU next yr.
 
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Who is this Travis hippie ? Anyone have a pic of him and does he have a well paying job ?
 
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madbamahater said:
We all DO NOT dispute that Vandie is playing MUCH better MOSTLY because Vandie ISN'T making the typical Vandie mistakes. You know.....the whole ball finally bouncing their way kinda deal.... They make field goals they used to miss. They don't fumble games away like they used to routinely. So, luck is having a lot to do with this. However, they are competing and believing in themselves. Franklin SHOULD be credited for his part in that. I wouldn't go calling Vandie a good team or anything. UT sucks and Vandie SHOULD have lost to the Vols. In fact, they struggled big time in Knoxville. But again, luck was on their side and not the Vols that night.

My point is Clay Travis doesn't see these variables at all. Nor does he care. I don't believe he is that dumb. He tries to make his living being a **** head. It's working now. But he will have to find a new niche in the next few years. It used to be funny but now it is just like a little teenage girl. Maybe because he doesn't get to boss anyone around at home, he comes to work to do it. I've had employers do the same. he is a passive aggressive little kid...
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I get it, totally.
 
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UTs national championship>>>>>>>>>>>Vandys bowl wins. That will never change. If we played their schedule every season, we would be bowling too.
 
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Clay Travis is like a tick on a weed just waiting on something to jump on. Don't waste your energy getting angry at him.
 
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madbamahater said:
What bowls though? What quality bowls? Vandy also has two total wins against UT in their history. What's his point? Vandy isn't a good team. They are "okay" and much improved. But they also have an all American receiver. Without Matthews, this team would have 3/4 wins. That's the truth.
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Good points. Also, Vandy has had a candy schedule under Franklin. They have now beaten 3 teams with winning records while he has been the coach. I will be impressed when they actually win some "quality" games. Sure, they defeated a beat up GA team and a 4-8 FL team this year. I'm supposed to be impressed??
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
UTs national championship>>>>>>>>>>>Vandys bowl wins. That will never change. If we played their schedule every season, we would be bowling too.
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73-29-5 all time against them......look at that and let it sink in for the Franklin homers on here. They just added 2 notches on their belt...only 44 more to go to tie it up! They will never be on our level.....NEVER!!!

It is embarrassing yes.....but people on here act as if Vanderbilt is the second coming of Bama East or something.
 
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BTW Tennessee had more wins over top 10 teams this season than the vandies and bammers COMBINED! (credit to rockytoptalk for pointing this out).
 
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VolinMichigan said:
Did Butch Jones and his staff burn down your house or something? Why do you hate our coaching staff with such a passion. It was their first year man, give them a break. Didn't have a whole lot to work with.
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James Franklin had a 2-10 team to work with and took his team to a bowl his first season!
 
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immyaxl said:
James Franklin had a 2-10 team to work with and took his team to a bowl his first season!
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Good for James Franklin. And if we played as many cupcakes he has over the last three years, then we would be going to bowls too. How about that!
 
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immyaxl said:
James Franklin had a 2-10 team to work with and took his team to a bowl his first season!
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Again, name more than 3 games Franklin has won at Vandy vs. Teams with winning records. Can't be done because that's the # of wins he has vs. Teams with a winning record. Give Vandy Tennesse's schedule the past few years and they would have had a losing record each year as well.
 
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